Hey, r/books!
I just turned 14 and last Christmas, I got The Perks of Being a Wallflower. in that year I had read Watchmen, Divergent, Between Shades of Gray (another AMAZING book), and Fahrenheit 451, but not much else. I used to be a really big reader (like, 4 books at once), but Reddit and my phone have absolutely obliterated my attention span, so normally, getting into a book is kind of a big deal for me (sorry for the massive run-on sentence). I still love to read, but normally, I can only do r/nosleep and r/shortscarystories type stuff (mad respect for the folks that put out stuff over on those subreddits).
So anyway, I had asked for The Perks of Being a Wallflower for Christmas because I’d seen the movie a couple years before, and loved it. I remember that I had asked for the book a while back, but at the time, my mom wasn’t totally on board with me reading it (love you, u/YourMamaIsLovely). My language arts teacher that year (a fantastic guy) had talked about it and how it was his favorite book and how much he loved it so I thought that I should ask for it.
So, as I said above, my attention span is kinda short, but I started reading it on Christmas, and finished it at around 3:00 AM. That’s legendary for me. Since then i’ve only really been able to do it with Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (one of my favorite authors), and now i’m doing it with The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
The book was so incredible. The plot, the characters, the overall emotion that it conveyed was something special. And it made me love the movie even more because of how great everyone did and how faithful it was to the book. It really captured the vibe perfectly. The guy who plays Percy Jackson totally nailed Charlie, Emma Watson (in my top 5 celebrity crushes) totally nailed Sam, and Ezra Miller really nailed Patrick, but he kinda nails all of his roles (especially in We Need to Talk About Kevin which is another book I want to read), but i’m getting sidetracked. Books don’t make me cry but I came real close. I already knew what happened at the end, but it was just as impactful as when it happened in the movie, and that’s just incredible.
Anyway, I give that book a 10/10 and definitely recommend that everyone reads it. It doesn’t matter what type of person you are, you need to experience that book.
Have a great day/night, r/books!
Submitted August 26, 2018 at 10:55AM by JShad007 https://ift.tt/2Nkj7Co
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